Book head heart text brain heart teaching is a team sport. In their hit books notice and note and reading nonfiction, kylene beers and bob probst showed teachers how to help students become close readers. I have one brandnew copy of disrupting thinking ready for one lucky. Disrupting thinking why how we read matters by kylene beers and robert e. In the book, beers and probst share something they call the book, head, heart bhh framework that teachers can use to create the responsive, responsible, and compassionate readers that we all want. And yes, i have encountered a principal who wanted us to focus on bringing up the middle at the expense of the low performing kids hence the name of my blog. Disrupting thinking by sara stevenson on 11102017 0. Apr 11, 2019 beers and probst reiterate their book, head, heart bhh framework as the centerpiece of disrupting thinking around reading. Book head heart is a reading framework that was created by kylene beers and robert probst. This strategy teaches readers to consider not only the context and contents of the text but also the intellectual and emotional responses to it. Disrupting thinking is one of the best books ive read about the power of. When we look at reading in this way, we take intellectual engagement to a new level. The premise presented by beers and probst is that disruptive thinking is the thought that something.
Today marks the official release of disrupting thinking. The book is in divided into four parts but the last part of the book departs with a different purpose from the rest of the book and is more of a rant or a plea to change the curriculum and way we teach reading as if everyone. Oct 18, 2017 simple in concept yet complex in action, the whole concept of bookheadheart is to teach students to read books through multiple lenses the head is trying to understand what the author is intending and doing with language and story while the heart is how the reader moves beyond just taking in the information, but processes it. Why how we read matters calls into question several common english classroom practices, including reading for supporting evidence, classroom discussions that revolve around answering questions, and the wholeclass novel.
Beers and probst devote the first section of disrupting thinking to the types of readers we want. This book shows us how to help students become the critical thinkers our nation needs them to be. The book was thick and heavy with a dark blue cover. I love the vulnerability they show, which translates to me, a teacher thinking, hey, michelle, its okay to try new things even if they fail. Bhh reading, in the book, in your head, and in your heart, is a marvelous framework.
Students read aschenputtel, paying attention to what the text actually says while monitoring their thinking in the head and emotions in the heart. Bhh reading book, head, heart reading poster and bookmarks. Bookheadheart reading strategy by kylene beers and robert. Bhh reading based on disrupting thinking by kylene beers and robert probst book what is this text all about.
Taken from disruptive thinking why how we read matters by kylene beers and robert e. This graphic organizer uses the book, head, heart framework developed by beers and probst to get students thinking. Id also like to encourage you to read the book along with me and respond to the selected questions in the comment section. Book, head, heart organizer by bigtime literacy tpt. Why how we read matters, a new book by awardwinning authors and acclaimed literacy educators kylene beers and robert e. It can be taught at any level as a mindset for reading. Why how we read matters, awardwinning authors kylene beers and bob probst present reading as a transformational process, rather than simply an act of decoding, recalling, and responding to questions.
The next section of the book focuses on the framework beers and probst developed for creating responsive, responsible, and compassionate readers. Jun 21, 2017 and how to build community if and when we all read the same book. Book, head, heart the hook the authors describe in this book is the book, head, heart framework bhh. Probst explain what it means to read from the book, the head, and the heart. Bestselling authors and literacy experts kylene beers and robert e. As students read, we want them to connect what they are reading to what they think as well as their heart in order to be informed readers, able to detect bias as well as willing to take action based on what they read. The anchor chart above is from the book, disrupting thinking. Reading and change we believe that if we can encourage kids to read from the head and heart, they will be more likely to read more responsibly whats in the book.
During reading students read aschenputtel, paying attention to what the text actually says while monitoring their thinking in the head and emotions in the heart. Inspiration edification, teach affective reading, bhh framework, bhh reading, book head heart, book head heart framework, book head heart reading, books about reading, disrupting thinking, disrupting thinking why how we read matters, framework for reading, getting kids to read, getting students to read, helping kids value reading, helping. I also tell my kids that a text is a speech, an article, a conversation, a note, a song lyrics and this year i am adding a photograph. Disrupting thinking about bringing up the middle in chapter 11, the book gets into a second problem with standardized tests, and thats how the low performing kids are disserviced. New york, ny march 31, 2017 scholastic, the global childrens publishing, education, and media company, today announced the release of disrupting thinking. Disrupting thinkingwhy how we read matters book club.
So, glad to have happened upon your blog when searching for the book disruptive thinking. I made these bookmarks for students to think about whats in the book, in their head, and in their heart during reading. When you read thing about what is in the book, your head, and your heart. The book part should be pretty self explanatory, what is the book or article talking about, what does the author want us to know. Jul 12, 2018 the anchor chart above is from the book, disrupting thinking. In their book, beers and probst discuss the bhh framework. The text contains ideas on how to engage our young readers and disrupt their thinking while reading. Readers think about what the book said, what their head is thinking, and. If we ask them to read with the book, head, heart method, were creating a nation of informed, empathetic and openminded readers. Reading response disrupting thinking part 2 keith m. Probst, would resonate deeply with how i want to teach.
Probst is one of the finest professional learning books i have read. Every once in a while, a professional development book comes along that hits the sweet spot of affirming what you already do and believe while challenging you to think in new ways and do. The book head heart framework is from kylene beers and robert probsts book disrupting thinking. Bookheadheart reading strategy by kylene beers and.
This highlyanticipated new professional resource for k12 educators explores a new approach to literacy where. Why how we read matters by kylene beers and robert e. You share with kids that good readers consider whats in the book, this work coming from many teacher researchers, but my faves to the likes of fountas and pinnell and kelly gallagher. Disrupting thinking is, at its heart, an exploration of how we help students become the reader who does so much more than decode, recall, or choose the correct answer from a multiplechoice list. Students should use this organizer during reading, to annotate a retell book, think beyond the words on the page head, and consider their. This framework encourages readers to think about what was in the book, what is in their heads, and what is in their hearts. Sep 30, 2017 after reading disrupting thinking this summer, i was pumped to get into the classroom and give the strategies a try. I just received my copy in the mail yesterday and am enjoying the insight into why how we read matters. Probst, i knew i wanted to implement the bhh reading strategy. The bhh book, head, heart strategy was shared throughout the text. Apr 24, 2017 bestselling authors and literacy experts kylene beers and robert e.
Every once in a while, a professional development book comes along that hits the sweet spot of affirming what you already do and believe while challenging you to think in new ways and do more. Beers and probst reiterate their book, head, heart bhh framework as the centerpiece of disrupting thinking around reading. Jun 17, 2019 in this video, students at cornelius elementary explore elar teks strand 2. My 5 thgradeself sighed as i mustered up the motivation to finish one. We believe that if we can encourage kids to read from the head and heart, they will be more likely to read more responsibly whats in the book.
And how to build community if and when we all read the same book. You can read more about bhh in their amazing book, disrupting thinking. But more than sharing my own thoughts, i hope you will share yours, so we can engage in a dialogue and all come to a richer understanding. Far and away, the greatest takeaway from this book was the bhh book, head, heart framework.
Book, head, heart framework, a new way of talking about reading outlined in the book disrupting thinking. And if youd like to read a sample from disrupting thinking, click over to middleweb. Reading comprehension practice that will have your kids. The book also presents techniques for getting kids thinking in different ways e. I address this below under my chapter 8 response, questioning whether the focus on head and heart actually. Comprehension skills using kylene beers and bob probsts strategy book, head, heart. Im introducing book, head, heart which i refer to as text, mind, heart and i used rudy franciscos poem complainers from his book helium to launch bhh tmh. In this video, students at cornelius elementary explore elar teks strand 2. Now, in disrupting thinking they take teachers a step further and discuss an ongoing problem. In their new book, kylene beers and bob probst articulate a problem that has long been the subject of discussions among colleagues in my school and beyond. The main thing i was excited about trying was bhh book, head, heart.
Probst explains why how we read matters for students stephanie agresti march 31st, 2017 today marks the official release of disrupting thinking. Give each student a copy of the bhh reader poster i created with my awesome kids and explain the in the book, in the head, and in the heart framework. Ill also be using a few disrupting thinking inspired resources ive created to help my students in their book, head, heart journey. Bhh or book, head and heart is introduced in disrupting thinking as a way that responsible readers can respond to something they have read.
When i come across a strategy that causes a light bulb moment in my mind, i am thrilled. Disrupting thinking book study at ruth ann monroe primary by stephanie straw this newsletter was created with smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for educators, nonprofits, businesses and more. But more than sharing my own thoughts, i hope you will share yours, so we can engage in a dialogue and all come to a. Disrupting thinkingwhy how we read matters book club public. The moment weve all been waiting for is finally here. Oct 17, 2016 bookheadheart reading strategy by kylene beers and robert probst. Mar 31, 2017 new book by kylene beers and robert e. Why how we read matters, a new book by awardwinning authors and acclaimed literacy educators kylene beers and robert bob e.
Based on disrupting thinking by kylene beers and robert probst. What did i notice in the words and in the pictures. Invigorate kids love of reading with a strategy that. This book shows us how to help students become the. Aug 17, 2017 disrupting thinking tells us to put the heart back into reading in schools, and im all for it. Beers and probst introduce their book, head, heart bhh framework, which encourages readers to ask themselves questions like, what does this author. Home blog topics advocacyleadership disrupting thinking. Disrupting thinking bhh framework reading bookmarks.
Below is a sampling of reactionsfrom an administrator, school principals, literacy specialists and coaches, librarians and many teachersfrom the book, from the head, and from the heart. I really, really think you and by you i mean everybody. They explain that all too often, no matter the strategy shared with students, too many students remain disengaged and. Disrupting thinking only has one real strategy, and it is deceptively simple and powerful to the core. Having discovered kylene beers several years ago, i knew that this book, disrupting thinking.
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